Smart Solutions

We bring Smart Solutions to our clients.

Smart technologies are playing a major role in the transformation of our infrastructure, real estate, facilities, and communication networks. In communities around the globe, information technology serves as the backbone for providing critical services to citizens and decision makers.

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By making their cities smarter not just in using technology but in all that they do government leaders hope to drive competitiveness and growth, while making massive social, business,and environmental improvements. The path to a smart city future is often unclear to urban leaders; and many are looking for help in developing a roadmap that will drive the best results. To provide this needed decision support, ESI Thoughtlab teamed up with a coalition of organizations (including Pennoni) with urban and technology expertise to conduct ground-breaking research into the impact of smart city solutions on urban performance.

Transportation

In today’s world, transportation design must support the development of emerging technologies such as sensor deployment and data collection, real time traffic management, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and “platooning”, autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, all while taking into consideration how to improve aging infrastructure (highways, roads, bridges, etc.) and pedestrian mobility.

Facilities Management

Private sector and government clients are searching for the best tools to manage their assets, strategize capital planning and budgeting, manage their data, and achieve stakeholder approvals, while considering asset life cycle length, cost segregation, and resiliency planning for disaster recovery.

Energy/Utilities

With the rapid depletion of fossil fuels, private and public entities are being forced to reevaluate how they manage their energy usage. There has been an increased awareness regarding renewable requirements, cost uncertainty, natural gas availability, governmental regulations, sustainability initiatives, resiliency, energy efficiency and savings, aging infrastructure, portfolio management, life cycle costs, and rebates, incentives, and grants.

Water/Wastewater/Solid Waste

The quality and quantity of our water supply has produced increased governmental regulations, the need for waste-to-energy solutions, and further development of sensor technology for data collection and analysis, while also addressing aging infrastructure and resiliency planning.